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Do you think employers should be permitted to monitor an employee's emails, phone calls, computer usage, and/or text messages? Under what circumstances would this be acceptable? When would it be unacceptable? What limits, if any, would you place on monitoring?

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The author answers if employers should be allowed to monitor different forms of employee communication, such as calls, emails, or texts.

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In 2001, Jeff Quon, a member of the Ontario SWAT team, sued the City of Ontario for infringement on his Fourth Amendment rights not in favor of performing unreasonable searches. The trial went on to the Supreme Court where it was ruled against because the Court thought the search was reasonable (Harding, 2011). I think every situation needs to be measured to determine if the searches are reasonable. As for this particular instance, I agree with ...

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